Scrubbing device.



PATENTED .TUNE 20, 1905.'

E. E. WHITNEY. E

SCEUEEINE DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN'.20,1904.

Patented June 20, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE'.

FRANKLIN EBENEZER WHITNEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

SCRUBBING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,868, dated June 20,1905.

Application filed January 20, 1904. Serial No. 189,803.

To all whom, t ina/y concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN EBENEZER WHITNEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Scrubbing Device, of whichthe following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to scrubbing-brushes, mops, and the like, my moreparticular object being to produce a strong, durable, cheap, and simplebrush which can be readily manipulated by any person of ordinaryintelligence and which possesses certain peculiar advantages hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing my invention with thehandle in one of its positions. Fig. 2 is afragmentary side elevation,partly broken away and showing the handle in another of its positions.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the fastening members, and Fig, 4is a perspective view of another one of the fastening members.

The handle is shown at 1 and is provided with a metallic head 2, thismetallic head being provided with arms 3, preferably integral therewith,as shown more particularly in Fig. 1. Each of these arms 3 is providedwith a concave face 4 and with channels 5 at its ends. Rigidly mountedupon the handle 1 is a stem 6, and upon this stem is mounted a lever 7,provided with a handle'8 and with trunnions 9. vA single section 10, ofspring metal, is provided with loops 11 and with hooks 12, these hookspartially encircling the trunnions 9. A portion 10 of the section ofspring metal is straight, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. When the handle8 is moved downwardly below the handle 1, the tension of thespringsection 10 and of the loops 11 is relaxed, so that in order toallow the portion 10 of spring metal to recede from the channel 4 allthat is necessary is to move the lever-handle 8 radially downward fromthemop-handle 1.

The brush is shown at 13 and is provided with the usual bristles 14.Mounted upon the brush are two brackets 14, each provided with a baseportion 15, downwardly-disposed notches 15, and a V-shaped recess 16.Each of these brackets is further provided with a stem 17, which passesthrough the woodwork of the brush and is headed at 18, so as to hold themember upon the woodwork, as indicated in Fig. 2, a washer 178L beingplaced loosely upon the stem 17 before the same is headed. A pair ofbrackets 19, each provided with downwardly-turned ends 20, are mountedso as to cross the brush-back, as indicated in Fig. 1. Integrallyconnected with each of these brackets is a Y-shaped member 21, providedwith a V-shaped aperture 22, this recess being somewhat similar to therecess 16 in the supports 14' (shown in Fig. 3) and is also providedwith notches 25. (See Fig. 4.)

Each ofthe downwardly-projecting portions 2O is provided with a sharptooth 23, which may be driven into the woodwork of the brush. l

Supporting-lugs 24 are provided for the purpose of bracing the members21, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4. y

My invention is used as follows: The leverhandle 8 is-pushed downwardlyand away from the mop-handle 1, as above described. The arms 3 areinserted within the V-shaped recesses 16 or the V-shaped recesses 22, asthe case may be, and the portion 10a, of spring metal, is placed in thenotches 15a or 25 before restoring the lever-handle 8 to its positionindicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Then the lever-handle 8 is pressed backagainst the mop-handle 1, bringing a considerable strain to bear uponthe spring member 10, whereby the latter is held securely in the notches25, and by its elasticity holds the arms 3 3 firmly in the recesses 22or 16.

It will be noted that the general conformity of each arm 3 3 is such asto make a good bearing within the recesses 16 or 22, and when thepressure of the spring is brought to bear upon these arms they will besecured in position within the V-shaped recesses 16 or 22 and preventthe brush from moving to any great extent relatively to the mop-handle1.

It will also be noted from Fig. 2 that when the arms 3 3 are in theV-shaped recesses 16 one of the Y-shaped members 2l serves as a brace orsupport for the mop-handle l-that is to say, the recess 22 of one of themembers 21, located upon a bracket 19, iits snugly against the underside o1 the mop-handle l and acts as a brace therefor.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- l.l A scrubbing-brush, comprising a brushmember,spaced brackets mounted on the brush member and each providedwith a V-shaped recess in its top and with notches in its opposingedges, a handle provided with a transversely-disposed member adapted tot in the said recesses, and means on the handle for engaging the notcheson either side4 of the brackets.

2. A scrubbing-brush, comprising a brush having pairs of bracketsarranged at right angles to each other, said brackets being eachprovided with a V-shaped recess in its top and notches in opposingsides, and a handle provided With a transverse member for engaging therecesses of a pair of brackets, and a clamping device for engaging thenotches in either side of said pairs of brackets to hold the handlethereto and in engagement with a bracket of the other pair of brackets.

3. In a scrubbing device, the combination with a brush having thereontwo pairs of brackets provided with V-shaped recesses, said two pairs cibrackets being arranged at right angles to eachother, of' a handleprovided with a member adapted for engagement with the recesses in onepair of said brackets, and means for securing said member in saidrecesses and holding the handle adjacent to said member in the recess ofone of the brackets of the other pair.

4. The combination with a brush having two pairs of brackets, the pairsof brackets being arranged at right angles to each other, of a handleprovided with'a member for engaging a pair of brackets, and means forclamping the said member to the brackets with the handle in engagementwith a bracket of the other pair of brackets.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name.

to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANKLIN EBENEZER WHITNEY. Witnesses:

L. A. NIcHoLs, W. L. ScHULTz.

